With a shrug she complies, writing first with her right hand--lines wiggly and the letters of inconsistent size and spacing--then with her left.

Though it takes a bit of adjustment to figure out that with the left hand, she has to arch her wrist just so to avoid smearing the chalk, the letters scratched out are neater, less cramped. Not, by any means, perfect or well written, but definitely better.

"Holding the chalk in this hand--" The left, "--feels better, but I have to come at it from a different angle to not erase what I just wrote." Which probably means she's doing something wrong, right? She tries again with the right hand, but holding the implement feels... off.